E-participation

In order to truly have a healthy lifestyle, physical activity is a huge factor that can go a long way in benefitting an individual’s lifestyle. In a low-contact intervention done by Aoife Lane, Niamh Murphy, Adrian Bauman, and Tien Chey on inactive Irish women who recently participated in a mass 10km run, they share their results and assessment on the effectiveness of this type of intervention. In this paper, I will summarize the overall basis and findings of the intervention conducted by the…

For my interview paper, I decided to interview Katelyn Masket. Katelyn is a recent USC graduate and studied international relations. Through our interview and research on LinkedIn, I learned Katelyn had interned within multiple areas of the public sector and currently is an associate with the International Rescue Committee located in Glendale, California. Her previous background and current employment interested me and made me want to reach out and ask her views on citizenship and what it means…

self-directed lifestyle changes, including reduced cholesterol and heart disease risks and individualized exercise programs and follow-up” (Jackson, Mathis, & Valentine, 2014, pp. 506-507). Many companies provide these types of programs to enhance participation within the organization while offering incentives to participate in a volunteer based program. With various options to choose from, having wellness programs can benefit not only the employees, but the company as well. Programs such as…

In this correlational study, a total of 600 undergraduate psychology students were initially surveyed from the University of Oregon. Using systematic sampling, we assigned a number to each participant and picked 220 students to use for our analysis. The first participant number was 2 and we picked the proceeding participants in intervals of 3. Picks went as follows 2, 5, 8, 11 etc., bringing us to a total of 220 participants. A total of 220 random participants, 113 boys and 107 girls, from…

Discussion The main result of this study was the gender difference. Males tended to favour privatisation and have less prosocial thoughts than females which was an unexpected finding. However you do have to take into account the number of participants in each gender when determining the average answers for each question. The control group responded as expected. Those primed with money did not show any difference in support for special or universal programmes which was not the selfish or self…

At the young age of sixteen, my oldest brother suffered greatly from his obesity, his academic performance in school was deficient, and his relationships with his peers were negative as well with my interactions with him. After deciding to join the soccer team in high school, his life turned around in a positive matter, he began eating healthier, his personality changed in an extremely favorable way, he no longer dealt with obesity, and his academic performance improved vastly as he accomplished…

Introduction The introduction of the study explores the idea that television engagement has negative effects on Australian adolescent weight, flaws contained within the introduction are • First sentence was supported by nonexistent source, questioning study reliability and credibility • Comparison of Australian and American BMI, without taking into account cultural differences • Hypothesis do not predict the outcome of the study and multiple unnecessary secondary hypothesis (can be compacted) •…

In his 2016 article titled The Consequences of Reading Inaccurate Information, D. N. Rapp outlines the current state of research into the psychology of interpreting misinformation, which is currently a hot topic issue after the recent presidential election. He discusses the reaction people have to being exposed to inaccurate information, the ways that we intuitively think would decrease the later reliance on the faulty information but do no, and then outlines 4 factors that decrease reliance on…

Altruistic kidney donor is a term used for an anonymous living kidney donor, altruism is also seen as an “ethical value” (Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2011). Informed consent is assured through a psychiatric assessment on potential donors (HTA, 2012), once the informed consent is clear the other reasons why an altruistic kidney donor wants to donate is disregarded; for this reason there is lack of information explaining the reasons behind an altruistic donor. Although, recently a study by…

In psychology, ethics play an important role from the beginning to the end of the study. Ethical concern may arise in a plethora of situations and thus the American Psychological Association (APA) created guidelines for all researchers to follow. The Ethics Code applies to psychologists’ activities that are part of their scientific, educational, or professional roles as psychologists. In the ethics code, the APA writes that every research study must start with informed consent. All…